# 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League

The 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League (also known as TNPL-8 and branded as Shriram Capital TNPL was the eighth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). It took place from 5 July 2024 to 4 August 2024. Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won the previous season. In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Lyca Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

## Background

The Tamil Nadu Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. It is held annually since 2016. Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season after beating Nellai Royal Kings in the final.

### Format

The format remained the same since the 2017 season, wherein the eight teams played against each other in the league phase in round-robin format and the top four qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of three matches – one eliminator and two qualifiers, followed by the final. The top two teams from the league phase play against each other in the first qualifier match with the winner progressing to the final. The loser would play against the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play in the second qualifier. The winner of this match would play the winner of the first qualifier for the title.

### Schedule

The season was held from 5 July to 4 August 2024.

### Prize money

The winners of TNPL are awarded ₹10 (12¢ US) with the runners-up receiving ₹6 million (US$70,000). The two semi-finalists are awarded ₹4 million (US$47,000) each with the remaining four teams receiving ₹2.5 million (US$29,000) each.

### Sponsorship

Shriram Group continued to be the title sponsor of the event, having won the rights in 2020.

## Broadcasting

Star India has held the television rights since the inaugural season in 2016. The matches are telecast with commentaries in English and Tamil. FanCode is the streaming partner since the last season.

## Teams

Eight franchises are competing in the league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. Each team can have a maximum of 20 players that includes two outstation players.
TNPL teams :
| Team | City | Captain | Coach | Owner |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | Chennai | Baba Aparajith | Hemang Badani | Metronation Chennai Television |
| Dindigul Dragons | Dindigul | Ravichandran Ashwin | Subramaniam Badrinath | Take Solutions |
| Kovai Kings | Coimbatore | Shahrukh Khan | Sriram Somayajula | Lyca Productions |
| Nellai Royal Kings | Tirunelveli | Arun Karthik | A. G. Guruswamy | Crown Forts |
| Salem Spartans | Salem | Shijit Chandran | B. Ramprakash | Selvakumar |
| Madurai Panthers | Madurai | Hari Nishaanth | Bharath Reddy | Seichem Technologies |
| Trichy Grand Cholas | Tiruchirapalli | Antony Dhas | Tinu Yohannan | Drumstick Productions |
| Tiruppur Tamizhans | Tiruppur | Sai Kishore | Ramaswamy Prasanna | iDream Cinemas and Properties |

### Personnel changes

For the season, the teams were permitted a maximum of 20 players and were allowed to retain a set of players before the rest went into an auction. About 61 players were sold in the auction with the maximum bid at ₹2.2 million (US$26,000).
Top buys at the auction :
| Player | Team | Price |
| Sai Kishore | Tiruppur Tamizhans | ₹2.20 million (US$26,000) |
| Sanjay Yadav | Trichy Grand Cholas | ₹2.20 million (US$26,000) |
| S Harish Kumar | Salem Spartans | ₹1.54 million (US$18,000) |
| Abhishek Tanwar | Chepauk Super Gillies | ₹1.22 million (US$14,000) |
| T Natarajan | Tiruppur Tamizhans | ₹1.125 million (US$13,000) |

## Venues

The group stage matches were held in four venues across the state. The last two matches of the league including the final was held at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
| Stadium | City | Capacity |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 38,000 |
| Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium | Salem | 5,000 (expandable to 25,000) |
| SNR College Cricket Ground | Coimbatore | Limited (expandable) |
| NPR College Ground | Dindigul | 5,000 |
| Indian Cement Company Ground | Tirunelveli | 4,000 |

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Kovai Kings | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.728 |
| 2 | Tiruppur Tamizhans | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.677 |
| 3 | Chepauk Super Gillies | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.362 |
| 4 | Dindigul Dragons (C) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.109 |
| 5 | Nellai Royal Kings | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0.039 |
| 6 | Trichy Grand Cholas | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0.012 |
| 7 | Madurai Panthers | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −1.152 |
| 8 | Salem Spartans | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −0.858 |
* Advanced to the qualifiers
* Advanced to the eliminator

## Playoffs

| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| 30 July 2024 - Dindigul | 30 July 2024 - Dindigul | 30 July 2024 - Dindigul | | | | 4 August 2024 - Chennai | 4 August 2024 - Chennai | 4 August 2024 - Chennai |
| 1 | Kovai Kings | 201/3 (18.5) | | | | Q1W | Kovai Kings | 129/7 (20) |
| 2 | Tiruppur Tamizhans | 200/3 (20) | 2 August 2024 - Chennai | 2 August 2024 - Chennai | 2 August 2024 - Chennai | Q2W | Dindigul Dragons | 131/4 (18.2) |
| | | | Q1L | Tiruppur Tamizhans | 108 (19.4) | | | |
| 31 July 2023 - Dindigul | 31 July 2023 - Dindigul | 31 July 2023 - Dindigul | EW | Dindigul Dragons | 112/1 (10.5) | | | |
| 3 | Chepauk Super Gillies | 158/6 (20) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Dindigul Dragons | 161/6 (19.5) | | | | | | |

### Qualifier 1

* 30 July 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Tiruppur Tamizhans 200/3 (20 overs) | v | Kovai Kings 201/3 (18.5 overs) |
| Amit Sathvik 67 (42) Jhathavedh Subramanyan 1/38 (4 overs) | | Sai Sudharsan 123* (56) P. Bhuvaneswaran 1/36 (3.5 overs) |
* Lyca Kovai won by 7 wickets NPR College Ground, Dindigul Umpires: Subramanian Anand and Rakesh Raghavan Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Lyca Kovai Kings)
* Tiruppur Tamizhans won the toss and elected to bat.

### Eliminator

* 31 July 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Chepauk Super Gillies 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Dindigul Dragons 161/6 (19.5 overs) |
| Baba Aparajith 72 (54) Sandeep Warrier 2/35 (4 overs) | | Shivam Singh 64 (49) J. Prem Kumar 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Dindigul Dragons won by 4 wickets NPR College Ground, Dindigul Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and M Madhu Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Dindigul Dragons)
* Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

### Qualifier 2

* 2 August 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Tiruppur Tamizhans 108 (19.4 overs) | v | Dindigul Dragons 112/1 (10.5 overs) |
| Maan Bafna 26 (19) P. Vignesh 3/8 (4 overs) | | Ravichandran Ashwin 69* (30) P. Bhuvaneswaran 1/22 (1.5 overs) |
* Dindigul Dragons won by 9 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: P. Vignesh (Dindigul Dragons)
* Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.
* 4 August 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Kovai Kings 129/7 (20 overs) | v | Dindigul Dragons 131/4 (18.2 overs) |
| Ram Arvindh 27 (26) P. Vignesh 2/15 (4 overs) | | Ravichandran Ashwin 52 (46) Manimaran Siddharth 1/14 (4 overs) |
* Dindigul Dragons won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Dindigul Dragons)
* Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Team | Inns. | HS | Ave | 100s/50s |
| 364 | Shivam Singh | Dindigul Dragons | 9 | 106* | 45.50 | 1/3 |
| 324 | Tushar Raheja | Tiruppur Tamizhans | 9 | 81 | 36.00 | −/3 |
| 286 | Baba Indrajith | Dindigul Dragons | 10 | 96* | 40.85 | −/2 |
| 260 | Arun Karthik | Nellai Royal Kings | 7 | 84 | 43.33 | −/2 |
| 252 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Dindigul Dragons | 9 | 69* | 36.00 | −/3 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||

### Most wickets

| Wkts. | Player | Team | Inns | BBI | Ave | 4W |
| 16 | M Poiyamozhi | Salem Spartans | 7 | 4/28 | 13.68 | 1 |
| 13 | Shahrukh Khan | Kovai Kings | 9 | 3/13 | 15.30 | − |
| 13 | Athisayaraj Davidson | Trichy Grand Cholas | 7 | 4/32 | 15.46 | 1 |
| 12 | T Natarajan | Tiruppur Tamizhans | 8 | 4/36 | 17.50 | 1 |
| 12 | Sandeep Warrier | Dindigul Dragons | 10 | 2/17 | 19.25 | − |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||